The year-end figures for aircraft sales in 2018 are in and they show that Cirrus Aircraft continues to dominate general aviation, claiming four of the top 10 spots of best-selling aircraft of the year.
Joining the company’s piston line in 2018 was the Vision Jet, tying for the ninth spot in its second full year of sales.
See what other models made the list below:
1 Cirrus SR22T
180 sold.
2. Cirrus SR22
135 sold.
3. Cessna 172S
129 sold.
4. Piper PA-28-181 Archer III
107 sold.
5. Gulfstream 450/500/550/650/650ER
92 sold. (Model specific numbers were not available.)
6. Pilatus PC-12
80 sold.
7. Cessna Grand Caravan EX
79 sold.
8. Cirrus SR20
65 sold.
9. Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet
63 sold.
10. Tecnam P2008
63 sold.
Dear Ms. Wood,
After reading your article titled “Top 10 Best Selling Aircraft of 2018” in General Aviation News online, we wanted to clarify a few points. Since the title “Top 10 Best Selling Aircraft of 2018” was used, helicopters should be included in that group. According to General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA)’s latest year- end numbers for 2018, Robinson Helicopters, more specifically the R44 Raven II manufactured 128 helicopters. This is obviously more than the Piper PA-28-181 Archer III which held the #4 spot at 107 sold. Please refer to GAMA’s latest Year-End summary for reference. If you are going to use the word “Aircraft”, we ask that you include helicopters and specifically the R44 Raven II.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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Robinson sold 200+ R-44’s which are also aircraft. How are they not #1 on your “aircraft” list?